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Publication:
Communicating Gender for Rural Development. Integrating
Gender in Communication for Development
FAO-Dimitra, August 2011
Meeting
food security, nutrition and gender equality objectives entails applying
development approaches that allow rural communities to participate and take
control of their future. Of the many approaches used by FAO, there is one that
is particularly effective at enabling the most marginalised groups, including
women, to take ownership of their development and achieve economic and social
empowerment: introducing gender into communication for development. Capacities
for harnessing the full power of this approach are fairly limited and there
have been relatively few theoretical examinations of the subject.
In
Communicating Gender for Rural Development, the FAO-Dimitra Project shares its
experience in this area. Aimed at all development practitioners, the
publication encourages the inclusion of a gender perspective in communication
for development initiatives in rural areas. It suggests practical ways of going
about this, thus aiming to change attitudes and working practices so that
projects and programmes take greater account of the specificities, needs and
aspirations of men and women.